Daniel Bwala: I May Defect to APC to Give Tinubu Total Support

•Lauds president’s suspension of Betta Edu

Deji Elumoye in Abuja

A chieftain of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Daniel Bwala, has declared that he might defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for him to support the administration of President Bola Tinubu.

Answering  questions yesterday evening if he was contemplating defecting to the APC after a close-door meeting with President Tinubu at the State House, Abuja, Bwala said, “APC is a party. President Bola Tinubu is my motivation; if supporting him will take me to APC, so be it.

“I told him today, I am committing to play my part to support your administration, and I have no apologies to anybody.”

Bwala, an ardent critic of the APC and Tinubu government, had on January 2, 2024, said opposition political parties must form a strong coalition if they would successfully wrestle power from the governing APC in the 2027 general election.

He lauded the President’s suspension of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu.

“Some of his (Tinubu’s) ministers that were allegedly reported to have committed infractions, instead of protecting them, he asked that the law should have its own course and suspended somebody without wasting time. That, to me, is impressive because it’s about the people.”

Commenting on Tuesday’s announcement of a 60 per cent slash in travel entourages for the Presidency and MDAs, Bwala said, “There has been this outcry that the government is bloated. Yesterday, he introduced a policy that reduced the cost of governance and today, he told me it is just the beginning.”

According to him, the president assured him that more cost-cutting measures were underway to reduce the cost of governance.

“What have we been talking about as citizens is that if you don’t have a personal grudge against someone…if it is a policy issue.

“What I’m saying, apart from today that I’m talking here, is that you all need to visit my Twitter page. In the last few days, I have been expressing my surprise and appreciation to the president for the decisions he is making.

“So, this is not about political party. And you need to know that, like I said, I was with him before I left. And I was doggedly committed to him.

“I told him today that I am committing to play my part to support your administration, and I have no apologies to anybody,” he further said.